The title says it all. Satan lies to you, and to everyone else. He hates God, and he hates you. You are a creation of God therefore he despises you. He will do anything to keep you from knowing God. He will lie, steal, kill, and destroy to get his way.
He is "The principality of the air", as it says in The Bible. His goal is to deceive the world, and he does it well. He invents religions, ideas, memes, institutions and traditions to deceive us. Satan twists truth just enough so we don't even know we are believing a lie. Look at "Christian" cults as an example.
He invents expectations for relationships and watches as marriages fall apart because those false expectations are not met. He fools us into believing life without God is normal, and satisfying. He lurks behind false preachers, religious gurus, politicians, celebrities, spewing out a false idea of what the world should be. A place either without God, or one where God is relegated to the backseat.
Satan, The Adversary, disguises himself as an angel of light. It's easier to seduce people as an angel than as an ugly demon. He's smart and has had a long time to watch us. He knows what we want to hear.
He is at war, and we are losing!
The truth, however, is in Jesus the Christ. He alone saves us from the eternal penalty of our sin. His truth casts out Satan's lies and frees our minds from his influence. When we believe Jesus died for us, He sends His Holy Spirit to dwell in us, and so seals us until Jesus returns. We may live in a world ruled by the Devil, but with Christ we are now in God's kingdom!
Amen!
He is "The principality of the air", as it says in The Bible. His goal is to deceive the world, and he does it well. He invents religions, ideas, memes, institutions and traditions to deceive us. Satan twists truth just enough so we don't even know we are believing a lie. Look at "Christian" cults as an example.
He invents expectations for relationships and watches as marriages fall apart because those false expectations are not met. He fools us into believing life without God is normal, and satisfying. He lurks behind false preachers, religious gurus, politicians, celebrities, spewing out a false idea of what the world should be. A place either without God, or one where God is relegated to the backseat.
Satan, The Adversary, disguises himself as an angel of light. It's easier to seduce people as an angel than as an ugly demon. He's smart and has had a long time to watch us. He knows what we want to hear.
He is at war, and we are losing!
The truth, however, is in Jesus the Christ. He alone saves us from the eternal penalty of our sin. His truth casts out Satan's lies and frees our minds from his influence. When we believe Jesus died for us, He sends His Holy Spirit to dwell in us, and so seals us until Jesus returns. We may live in a world ruled by the Devil, but with Christ we are now in God's kingdom!
Amen!
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